David Richardson Joins Soltech IT

Name: Soltech IT Ltd
Address: Westway Farm, Bishop Sutton, Bristol, BS39 5XP, GB
Telephone: 01275 277 299

Richard Sheppard • 24 January 2017

Ever expanding support team welcomes David Richardson

Due to increased growth in the last quarter, Soltech IT has hired a new technical support engineer to ensure customer service levels are maintained, during this period of high growth.

David Richardson, joined 'Excellence in IT Services - United Kingdom' award winners Soltech IT on Monday 16th January 2017 and is now actively working with customers covering a range of support and installation projects. Prior to joining the company, David worked for Chew Valley Secondary School, managing the schools network, providing support to pupils and staff, whilst also implementing complex and challenging IT projects.

Actively expanding and creating significant noises within the IT Support market space, Adam Lane, Technical Director of Soltech IT, anticipates that more employees will be joining Soltech IT soon.

Adam said “we’re really pleased that David has decided to join the company, he’s dived into his position head first and not only does he have the skills we required, he’s gelled perfectly with the existing Soltech IT team and our customers.”

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